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Mail Box Security

A little while back when I was visiting my Uncle in Florida, I noticed that he had a mailbox out at his curb but he always picked his mail up in the post office down the road. So I inquired about it and asked him why he did not have his mail delivered to his home?

His response was that he did not trust his neighbors as he suspected some were nosing through his mail before he got home from work. He also said that every now and then there was a game of mailbox baseball that would happen and he would have to replace the box each time...

So for a while he had used the post office box service at an extra expense and drove to his local post office to pick up his mail. It seems a shame to me that one should be forced to do that because of the abuse suffered around the neighborhood. So I started to research the issue on the internet...

Basically I had discovered there were a number of products out there available to provide a solution for mail box security in terms of a beefed up mailbox with anti-theft measures. This is one of the examples of a locking mailbox made by a company called MailCase.

From what I could see it looks like the MailCase has good security measures with the round lock and a re-inforced latch to keep people from ripping the door open.  It also has an interesting system for taking packages and is designed to keep people from reaching inside the box.  The designers have also taken extra measures for stopping rust.

So...if you have similar issues with your mail and the security of your mailbox...perhaps looking into one of these systems is the way to go...